1990 Tony Awards results (44th) – Winners & nominees

This page lists the award recipients from the 44th Tony Awards ceremony, held on June 3, 1990. The 1990 Tony Award for Best Musical went to “City of Angels.”

Best musical

• City of Angels

• Aspects of Love
• Grand Hotel
• Meet Me in St. Louis

Best play

• The Grapes of Wrath

• Lettice and Lovage
• Prelude to a Kiss
• The Piano Lesson

Best book of a musical

• City of Angels

• Aspects of Love
• Grand Hotel, The Musical
• Meet Me in St. Louis

Best original score

• City of Angels

• Aspects of Love
• Grand Hotel, The Musical
• Meet Me in St. Louis

Best revival

• Gypsy

• Sweeney Todd
• The Circle
• The Merchant of Venice

Best performance by a leading actor in a play

• Robert Morse（Tru）

• Charles S. Dutton（The Piano Lesson）
• Dustin Hoffman（The Merchant of Venice）
• Tom Hulce（A Few Good Men）

Best performance by a leading actress in a play

• Maggie Smith（Lettice and Lovage）

• Geraldine James（The Merchant of Venice）
• Mary-Louise Parker（Prelude to a Kiss）
• Kathleen Turner（Cat on a Hot Tin Roof）

Best performance by a leading actor in a musical

• James Naughton（City of Angels）

• David Carroll（Grand Hotel）
• Gregg Edelman（City of Angels）
• Bob Gunton（Sweeney Todd）

Best performance by a leading actress in a musical

• Tyne Daly（Gypsy）

• Georgia Brown（The Threepenny Opera）
• Beth Fowler（Sweeney Todd）
• Liliane Montevecchi（Grand Hotel）

Best performance by a featured actor in a play

• Charles Durning（Cat on a Hot Tin Roof）

• Rocky Carroll（The Piano Lesson）
• Terry Kinney（The Grapes of Wrath）
• Gary Sinise（The Grapes of Wrath）

Best performance by a featured actress in a play

• Margaret Tyzack（Lettice and Lovage）

• Polly Holliday（Cat on a Hot Tin Roof）
• S. Epatha Merkerson（The Piano Lesson）
• Lois Smith（The Grapes of Wrath）

Best performance by a featured actor in a musical

• Michael Jeter（Grand Hotel）

• René Auberjonois（City of Angels）
• Kevin Colson（Aspects of Love）
• Jonathan Hadary（Gypsy）

Best performance by a featured actress in a musical

• Randy Graff（City of Angels）

• Jane Krakowski（Grand Hotel）
• Kathleen Rowe McAllen（Aspects of Love）
• Crista Moore（Gypsy）

Best scenic design

• Robin Wagner（City of Angels）

• John Lee Beatty（Some Americans Abroad）
• Kevin Rigdon（The Grapes of Wrath）
• Tony Walton（Grand Hotel）

Best costume design

• Santo Loquasto（Grand Hotel）

• Theoni V. Aldredge（Gypsy）
• Florence Klotz（City of Angels）
• Erin Quigley（The Grapes of Wrath）

Best lighting design

• Jules Fisher（Grand Hotel）

• Paul Gallo（City of Angels）
• Paul Pyant and Neil Peter Jampolis（Orpheus Descending）
• Kevin Rigdon（The Grapes of Wrath）

Best direction of a play

• Frank Galati（The Grapes of Wrath）

• Michael Blakemore（Lettice and Lovage）
• Peter Hall（The Merchant of Venice）
• Lloyd Richards（The Piano Lesson）

Best direction of a musical

• Tommy Tune（Grand Hotel）

• Michael Blakemore（City of Angels）
• Trevor Nunn（Aspects of Love）
• Susan H. Schulman（Sweeney Todd）

Best choreography

• Tommy Tune（Grand Hotel）

• Joan Brickhill（Meet Me in St. Louis）
• Graciela Daniele and Tina Paul（Dangerous Games）

Regional theatre Tony Award

• Seattle Repertory Theatre

Tony honors for excellence in theatre

• Alfred Drake

Special Tony Award

• National Endowment
• Miles Wilkin

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